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Patented Aug. 23, |898.

R. N. MARTZ.

SHUTTER WDRKER.

(Application led Jan. 21, 1898.) N o M o d el TN: News persas co. wow-nwo, WASHINGTON. o. cA

NrrnN rrrcl RANDOLPII N. MARTZ, OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF TVO- THIRDS TO SAMUEL D. THOMAS -AND MARSHALL FOUT, OF SAME PLACE.

sHUTTER-WRKER.

" SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,448,6lated August 23, 1898.

Application iiled J' anuary 21, 189 8. Serial No. 667,487. `(No model.)

To LZZ whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH N. MARTZ,

a citizen of the United States, residing at trade and the public generally should possess the following practical advantages: The device should be readily and easily applied to shutters and windows. It should be capable of application either to right or left hand shutters without impairing the working parts, thus dispensing with separate rights and left-s for the respective shutters. It should be capable of use with shutters which are hung with different styles of hinges. The joint in the window-sash should be closed practically air and water tight at the point where the operating-rod passes from the inside to theoutside of the window. The parts should not be so loosely connected as t0 be blown openby the Wind in stormy weather; The accumulation of sleet and snow on the exposed working parts should not interfere with the free operation of said parts, and the device should be cheap in manufacture and readily assembled for application to a window. My improvement attains these objects in a satisfactory manner; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my improved shutter-worker, in which-f Figure 1 is a perspective view with the shutter in its open position. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view with the shutter'closed. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on the plane indicated by the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the journal and locking-plate. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the bridged rod-attaching bracket.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the shaft.

Like numerals of reference denote like and corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

In order that others may understand the construction and operation of my shutterworker, I have illustrated the same in operative relation in the various parts of a window, and by reference to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, of the drawings `it will be seen that the windowsill is indicated by the numeral l, the lower sash by 2, the inside sash-strip 3, the shutter 4., and the hinge 5, which connects the shutter to the window-frame. It will be understood that all these parts are ordinary, and that `no novelty therefor is claimed in this application.

` In carrying my invention into'practice I employ a novel construction of bridged attaching-bracket, which is fastened to the shutter 4 at a point close to the hinge 5 thereof. This bracket is constructed to provide for the passage therethrough of rain and snow in inclement weather, thus obviating the settling of water around the screws which fasten the bracket to the shutter and preventingthe'wood from rotting at the placewhere the bracket is attached to said shutter. The attaching-bracket consists of an elongated body 7,' the three feet 8, which are provided with transverse holes 9, and the extended arm 10, havingthe round eye 10a produced therein. The bracket is cast in a single piece of metal or it may be produced in any other suitable way, and said bracket is fastened rigidly to the shutter by ordinary. screws, which pass through the holes 9 in the feet S thereof. The bracket is designed to afford a means for the attachment of the operatingrod tothe shutter,v and in this connection it is proper to explain that importance is attached to the employment of the rounded eye 10 on the bracket, because `the'eyewisadapt-` one end of the operating-rod to enable the bracket to be turned to different IJQsitions on the rod and thus provide for the use of the bracket interchangeably on right, and left hand shutters. v

ed to loosely connect with asimilar eye on In my shutter-worker I employ a plate 11, that serves a twofold purpose-as a journal for the operating-shaft and as a locking device for the crank-arm, the rod, and the shutter. This plate 11 is cast in a single piece of metal in the semicircular form represented by Fig. 4 of the drawings, and said lockingplate has a hollow boss 12 formed as an integral part thereof. At the straight lower side of the semicircular plate are provided the laterally-extending perforated lugs 13, and the plate is furthermore provided with an arcshaped series of circular holes or openings 14, which are produced in said plate near its semicircular edge7 said series of openings being equidistant from the axial line of the hollow boss 12 of the said plate 11. The semicireular plate is adapted to bear firmly upon the window-sill outside of the lower sash 2 of the window, and the plate is fastened rigidly and firmly in place by means of ordinary screws, which pass through the perforated lugs 13 of the plate. Said plate presents a neat appearance, and as it lies in compact or close relation to the sill it does not interfere with a person leaning out ofthe window.

15 indicates the operating-shaft, which is fitted loosely in the hollow boss 12 of the journal and locking-plate 11, and this shaft passes through a recess 16 produced in the lower edge of the sash 2 and a similar recess 16a in the inside of the window-strip 3. The recesses 16 16:L in the sash and window-strip are in the same horizontal plane and in alinement With the boss 12 of the plate 11, and on the inside of the Window-frame I employ a looped bearing 26, which is of curved form to snugly embrace the inner part of the shaft 15 to confine said shaft in place on the window-sill. The looped bearing has perforated feet or lugs, through which may be passed ordinary screws to securely fasten said bearing on the window-sill, and from the foregoing description it will be seen that the shaft is journaled securely in the plate 11 and the bearing 26.

The shaft 15 is capable ofa semiturning movement in the plate 11, the bearing 26, and the recesses ofthe sash and window-strip, and in addition to this turning movement the shaft has an endwise movement in said parts for the purpose of freeing the crank-arm from lookin g engagement with the plate 11. A collar 17 is formed or provided on the shaft 15 at a point intermediate of the length thereof, said collar being either integral with the shaft or rigidly fastened thereto. The collar is positioned on the shaft to abut against the outside of the lower sash 2 over the recess 16 therein, and said collar is thus adapted to close said recess practically air and water tight to prevent the entrance of rain and wind into the room through the recess in thesash and Window-strip provided for the accommodation of the shaft. f The shaft is normally impelled endwise in one direction to hold the crank-arm in locking engagement with the plate 11 by means of a spring 18. This spring is preferably a coiled spring which loosely encircles the shaft between the collar thereon and the boss 12 of the plate 11, and the ends of said spring-are seated against said boss and collar to normally force the shaft inwardly and hold the collar 17 against the outer side of the sash around the recess 16 therein.

The outer end of the shaft 15 passes through the boss 12, and to it is fastened rigidly a crank-arm 19, which lies at right angles to the shaft. If desired, the crank-arm may be made as an integral part of the shaft, or said crank-arm may be made separate from the shaft and provided at one end with an opening.20, adapted to receive the shaft, a suitable fastener or key being employed to hold the crank-arm and shaft rigidly together. At its free end the crank-arm 19 is provided with an enlarged rounded eye 21, and at a point intermediate of its length the crank-arm is further provided with a rounded locking-stud 22, adapted to fit in either of the series of apertures 14 in the plate 11. It will be seen that the crank-arm is attached to the shaft 15 to partake of the turning and endwise movements thereof, and thus the crank-arm is adapted to be adjusted by the shaft in its endwise movement to free the locking-stud 22 from engagement with the apertured plate 11; but when the hand-pressure is removed from the shaft 15 the spring 1S reacts and forces the shaft inwardly, thus drawing the crank-arm 19 to a position where its lockingstud 22 will enter one or the other of the apertures in the plate 11.

23 designates a connecting-rod between the crank-arm 19 and the attaching-bracket 6. This connecting-rod may be of any desirable length, according to the width of the shutter and the distance of the shaft 15 from the bracket 6, and said rod 23 is provided at its ends with the eyes 241E 25, which engage, respectively, with the eye 10 of the bracket 6 and the eye 21 of the crank-arm 19.

I attach importance to the employment of the eye-formed rod loosely connected to the eyes of the crank-arm and the attachingbracket, because said rod is free to have a sliding or turning movement on said crankarm and the attaching-bracket, and the parts may readily be turned or reversed to enable the shutter-worker to be applied to either right or left hand shutters. This reversal of the operatin g parts of the shutter-worker does not involve an inversion of either of said elements, andthe described loose connection between said workin g parts obviates the liability of sleet and snowinterfering with the proper movement of one part on the other in stormy weather.

The operating-shaft 15 projects inwardly beyond the looped bearing 26, and to said inner end of the shaft is attached or formed an operating-crank 27, the free end of whichcarries a handpiece 28.

The operation may be described briefly as IOO IIO

follows: Assuming that the shutter is closed, the operator first presses the crank 27 and shaft outwardly against the tension of the spring 18, thus releasing the stud 22 of the crank-arm 19 from engagement with the apertured plate 1l. The operator While holding the shaft and crank-arm in the described position turns the 'shaft quickly in one direction, thus throwing the shutter open and past the dead-center of the hinge, and while lthe shaft is held in the described position,

23 moves freely a limited distance on the crank-arm and the bracket, and when the hand-pressure is removed from the operatingshaft the spring moves the shaft inward, thus drawing the arm 19 to a position where its locking-stud 22 will enter one of the apertures in the plate 1l.

It will be understood that the operatingshaft may be turned a limited distance to partly openor close the shutter and that the locking-stud of the arm 19 will engage with the plate 1l to hold the shutter-worker and the shutter in their adjusted positions.

One of the advantages of myimproved construction resides in the fact that the operator may by glancing through the window ascertain whether the locking-stud properly engages with an aperture of the plate 1l, because the apertures in said plate are visible from the inner side thereof and from the window.

A further advantage resides in arranging the crank-arm 19 and the operating-crank 27 parallel to each other on the shaft 15, so that when the shutter is closed the cranks stand in vertical positions,which gives greater purchase or leverage when the shaft is turned to start the operation of moving the shutter on its hinged connection with the window-frame, and when the shutter is fully closed the cranks also occupy the vertical positions, so that the crank-arm 19 will be held in rm rigid engagement with the locking-plate, thus preventing the wind from blowing the shutter open in stormy weather.

Myimproved construction wholly dispenses with separate fastening or locking devices for the shutter in its opened or closed positions, and the device is readily applicable to ordinary shutters and windows without change in the construction thereof. The employment of the loose connection between the eyeformed ends of the rod, the bracket, and the crank-arm enables the device to be applied to shutters whichare hungiby hinges of different styles and sizes.

It is evident that changes in the form and proportion of parts may be made bya skilled mechanic without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

I claim isl. The combination with a sash having a recess in its lower edge, of a journal-plate Xed to the window-sill outside of the sash, a shaft journaled in said plate, extending through the recess in the sash and provided with the collar which is adapted to abut against the sash and close the recess therein, a spring seated against the journal-plate and the shaft-collar, a shutter-bracket, a crankarm on theshaft, and a rod, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a shutter-worker, the combination of a j ournal-plate provided with a series of transverse apertures which extend entirely through said plate, an operating-shaft fitted loosely in the journal-plate for axial and endwise movement therein, and provided with a collar, a crank-arm rigid with the shaft and provided with a locking-stud adapted to engage with the apertures of said plate, a shutterbracket, and a rod connected directly to the shutter-bracket and the crank-arm, substantially as described.'

3. The combination with a sill and a sash having a recess in its lower edge, of a plate fixed to the sill outside of the sash and provided with a j ournal-boss and aseries of transverse apertures, a shaft fitted loosely in the sash-recess and boss of the plate and provided at an intermediate point of its length with a collar arranged to bear against the sash and close the recess therein, a spring fitted on the shaft and seated against its collar and the boss of the journal-plate, a crank-arm rigidly attached to the outer end of the shaft and provided at its free end with an eye and at an intermediate point of its length witha locking-stud adapted to either of the apertures in said plate, a shutter-bracket provided with an eye, and an eye-formed rod loosely connected to the eyes of the shutter-bracket and the crank-arm, substantially as described.

4.-. In a shutter-worker, the combination of a shutter-bracket having a rounded eye, a`

Iiournal and locking plate provided wit-h a bearing, ashaft fitted in said bearing for turning and sliding adjustment therein, a crankarm attached to said shaft and having a locking-stud and a rounded eye, a spring seated against said shaft and the plate, and a connecting-rod provided atl its ends with eyes which are loosely connected with the eyes of said bracket and the arm, respectively, whereby the rod is directly attached to the bracket and crank-arm and the shutter may be opened or closed and locked without auxiliary dcvices, substantially as described.

Having thus described the invention, what IOO IIO

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5. In a shutter-Worker, the combination ofA In testimony that 'I claim the foregoing'as a plate, a shaft journaied therein and promy own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in 1o vided at a point intermediate of its length the presence of two Witnesses.

With a collar adapted to close a recess in a 5 sash through Which the shaft is adapted to RANDOLPH N' MARTZ" pass, a shutter-bracket, and connections be- Witnesses: tween the bracket and the shaft, substantially EDWIN C. MARKELL,

as described. MARSHALL FOUT. 

